Intestinal Barrier Damage and Growth Retardation Caused by Exposure to Polystyrene Nanoplastics Through Lactation Milk in Developing Mice.

Microplastics, defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm, degrade from larger pollutants, with nanoscale microplastic particles presenting significant biological interactions. This study investigates the toxic effects of polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs) on juvenile mice, which were exposed through lactation milk and drinking water at concentrations of 0.01 mg/mL, 0.

The construction of retrograded short-chain amylose beads coated with calcium alginate for increased resistant starch.

A novel strategy was developed to embed retrograded short-chain amylose (RSCA) into calcium alginate (CA) at varying concentrations (0.25 %, 0.5 %, 0.

Virulence and Diversity of f. sp. Populations in Northwestern and Southwestern Oversummering Regions of China.

Stripe rust, caused by f. sp. (), is the most devastating fungal disease affecting wheat in China, particularly in the northwestern (Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia) and southwestern (Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou) oversummering regions.

Wheat Stripe Rust Inoculum from the Southwest Dispersed to the East Huang-Huai-Hai Region Through Southern Anhui in China.

Stripe rust, caused by f. sp. , is a continuous threat to global wheat production.

Potential Targets for CRISPR/Cas Knockdowns to Enhance Genetic Resistance Against Some Diseases in Wheat ().

Wheat is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Even though wheat yields have increased considerably in recent years, future wheat production is predicted to face enormous challenges due to global climate change and new versions of diseases. CRISPR/Cas technology is a clean gene technology and can be efficiently used to target genes prone to biotic stress in wheat genome.

Calcium alginate/curdlan/corn starch@calcium alginate macrocapsules for slowly digestible and resistant starch.

This study aimed to enhance the content of slowly digestible starch (SDS) and resistant starch (RS) by designing a type of novel shell-controllable calcium alginate/curdlan/corn starch@calcium alginate (CA/CL/CS@CA) core-shell structured macrocapsule. These macrocapsules were obtained by coating calcium alginate/curdlan/corn starch beads with different concentrations of sodium alginate. The results of the swelling power indicated that as the concentration of sodium alginate in the shell increased from 0% to 0.

Genetic Diversity of Wheat Stripe Rust Fungus f. sp. in Yunnan, China.

The stripe rust of wheat is one of the devastating diseases in China, which is caused by fungus f. sp. ().

Modulation of proinflammatory mediators by viruses-bacteria synergism in human osteoblasts-an in vitro study.

Background/purpose: Viruses-bacteria synergistic interaction is associated with destructive periodontal diseases. However, the underlying mechanism for tissue destruction is not fully elucidated. In this study, lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg-LPS) and polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C) were used to simulate bacteria and viruses, respectively.

- Isomerization Mechanism of the Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore: Remote Regulation by Proton Dissociation of the Phenol Group.

Dronpa, a GFP (green fluorescent protein)-like fluorescent protein, allows its fluorescent and nonfluorescent states to be switched to each other reversibly by light or heat through - isomerization of the GFP chromophore. In this article, a GFP chromophore (-HBDI) in water is used as a model to explore this - isomerization mechanism. Based on the experimental solvent isotope effect (/ = 2.

Wheat genetic gains for two distinct management schemes in China: An analysis of elite spring type genotypes.

The information collected through multi-environment testing of wheat genotypes not only provides basis to identify promising genotypes but also to ascertain their yield potential and the genetic gains. For this purpose, in the presented study, the data originated from the Yunnan provincial Regional Yield Trials (RYT) conducted during 2006 and 2018 was used. During this period, 107 genotypes were evaluated at 18 locations under Upland Wheat (UW) management scheme, while 116 genotypes were evaluated at 21 locations under Field Wheat (FW) management scheme.

Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicines on the Risk of Overall Mortality, Readmission, and Reoperation in Hip Fracture Patients.

Hip fracture is a major public health concern, with high incidence rates in the elderly worldwide. Hip fractures are associated with increased medical costs, patient dependency on families, and higher rates of morbidity and mortality. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is typically characterized as cost-effective and suitable for long-term use with few side effects.

Synthesis and properties of the para-trimethylammonium analogues of green fluorescence protein (GFP) chromophore: The mimic of protonated GFP chromophore.

At low pH, protons from the external, bulk solution can protonate the phenoxide group of the p-HBDI chromophore in wild-type green fluorescent protein (wtGFP) and its mutants, and likely continue to tentatively protonate the phenol hydroxyl group of the same chromophores. Because the protonated GFP chromophore is a transient, we prepare the stable p-trimethylammonium analogues (2a and 2b) of the GFP chromophore to mimic it and explore their properties. What we found is that the p-trimethylammonium analogues of the GFP chromophore have the highly electrophilic amidine carbon, blue-shifted electronic absorption, smaller molar absorptivity, smaller fluorescent quantum yield, and faster E-Z thermoisomerization rate.

Clinical effect of traditional Chinese spinal orthopedic manipulation in treatment of chondromalacia patellae.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of traditional Chinese spinal orthopedic manipulation (TCSOM) in treating chondromalacia patellae (CP).

Methods: Sixty cases of CP patients were randomly assigned to a TCSOM group and a Celecoxib group according to the random number table method. All patients in the TCSOM group were treated with a maximum of 10 spinal manipulations and rehabilitation training of quadriceps femoris.

A Clinical Observation of Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome in Patients Treated by Traditional Chinese Spinal Orthopedic Manipulation.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of traditional Chinese spinal orthopedic manipulation (TCSOM) in treating patients with functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS) in comparison with Pinaverium Bromide (Dicetel, PBD), and to assess a possible cause for FAPS.

Methods: Eighty patients with FAPS were randomly and equally assigned to the TCSOM group and PBD group according to the random number table. All patients in the TCSOM group were treated with a maximum of 5 times of spinal manipulations.

Endodermal sinus tumour of the omentum in a child.

Endodermal sinus tumour usually arises in a gonad; extragonadal endodermal sinus tumours are rare. We report a 3-year-old boy with an endodermal sinus tumour arising in the greater omentum, which may be the second reported case in the English literature. He presented with a solid mass in the upper abdomen and a markedly raised serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level.